20-Foot Basking Shark Washes Up on Massachusetts Beach

"Shark expert Dr. Greg Skomal plans to meet with Plymouth town officials to decide how to remove the shark, which remained on shore this morning as the tide changed, said state Division of Marine Fisheries spokeswoman Catherine Williams.
Scientists will perform 'a necropsy, or animal autopsy on the fish, to take samples to learn what they can from it,' said Williams."